1827. Carta de Maria Águeda da Encarnação para Manuel Góis, padeiro.

Request letter from Maria Águeda da Encarnação, the wife of a landlord, to Manuel de Góis, a baker.

The author asks the addressee to tell the truth in court so that he won't harm her cause..

Pedro António da Silva, a baker and factory owner, was accused by a neighbour of offending the honour of his wife, Maria Águeda. He defended himself by accusing the same woman of constantly gossiping in the neighbourhood. He also offered a series of five letters intended to prove that the witnesses for the prosecution had been bought to give false testimony